BOOKS AND AUTHORS.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2552, 28 August 1915, Page 9

BOOKS AND AUTHORS.

' BOOKS OE THE DAY

' "SCOTLAND FOR EVER." ' ; Quite .a. number,of attractively-pro-duced • gift books have now been published for the benefit of various patriotic . and - philanthropic) r . objects ' connected ■ ■.WfthjitJie war; The .latest to reach New Zealand is a handsome quarto, entitled < "Scotland for/Ever'''-(published for the '•'Glasgow Messrs.'Hodder arid Stoughtdu;. Wellington, S. and'W. Maclsay). Tho_ subtitle, "A- Gift, Book oi the Scottish,. Regiments,"-explains . the '.artistic andliterary • ;cnarac r i ter ■-' of the'• ...contents, which':'.:.iri r ... i elude -. passages from .works i on. military history. - The variousjbarapaigns inVhich Scottish eoldiers havß.jfought for-.Great Britain, froni the seventeenth .century down • to .. .the present.<?ay, aro. illustrated.by suit- ;. able quotations," sometimes. from his- :;'' ;/ torical; works, at others from,poetry and •■■■■'■ fiction, the onoe popular novelist, James Grant, being well represented.! The records of• the . Peninsular • War,. Quatre Bras, .and the Crimean' War, . and the Indian Mutiny, ■■ are all rich in splendid examples of the gallantry and stubborn determination of Scottish, soldiers.- Many icarce works, littlo known, to the general reader of to-day, havf .also.been drawn upon, the,result being the assembling of 'a mass of historical ■ and biographical .information which adds . greatly to. the interest and valuo of. ■:.. \. ; &e; volinrie. ;':.The illustrations include a • number of* well-oxecuted reproductions, in''the.colours of, the originals, of many \ famciiis military paintings, and a specially happy thought on tho part of the art editor- of. the-volume was the selection and, reproduction of coloured prints " ■ showing the uniforms of various Scottish' regiments. ' Tho- frontispiece is ..a coloured reproduction'of Lady Butler's famous picture,.""Scotland for . • in'which thb' great .lady, artist-depipted the. chargeof ' ,the Scots Greys at iWaterloo.: ' Lord Rosebery contributes a brief but • eloquent/introduction,- in whic-h he re- ; ■' ■. minds us that "united as clans," proudly conscious of the battle? .on their. . hclding .their traditional/reputation as ;a ■ sacred trust, they are a brotherhood of honour 'on.; which'thecoimtry confidently ' relies in peace and'war.'!' ;Lord. Rose- . ; .bery, admits that all tie soldiers in these Scottish regiments do not own Caledonia.' as .the country of their birth. "Many," ■ lie, says, "come from all parts of Engbut :once 1 ill'the/regimentsj. and ' whilo -in the, regiments,- they; become : • Scotsmen by- adoption and grace, as proud'of their corps!, as' jealous of its : honour, .as any lads' from the'Lothians ' ■or Inverness."' .That is ono great value of these historical regiments; "they embody: and assimilate recruits from all Britain, ;and give them the succession. ■ and the prestige'of those heroes who have gone before." New Zealand readers of the book will, I feel-sure, most cor-, dially.echo Lord Rosebery's hope that i "once more, and soon, it-may be given to a/Scottish.regimcnt 'to storm, as in , 'Aytoun's spirited . verses, an-island on the Rhino. The price bf.this in' every ■ way/excellent publication is . four, shillings.':, All profits resulting fnom the'sale .;'therebf:.;will , -ibe.v^YeiiV:- : to;.the/;Sccittißli; : 'branch of the British Red Cross: Society; ' A-SONG OF THE 'ENGLISH. j It is iat once ,a duty and: a.pleasure to recommend all readers of : The J Dominion who admire a handsomely ■ produced edition of a fine/piece of lit- " erature,'and; who: are desirous of help-. } '.. ing forward a very worthy ; and i'pitriotio • - movement, to . spend six shillings on a : copy ■ of-.-the, reissue of-Rudyard Kip- ■ ling's iomous '''Song: of the": English,'' 1 ■ with Mr. W. Heath: Robinson's'vigor- - ou sly-drawn, illustrations. The new ' edition-is exact; replica, J ■\ .■ at ■■ sis 'shillings,'; of ..the. originaledition : . (with Mr. Robinson's illustrations) pub- . lished two or. three years ago at,-I>think,. \ a.guinea...:Mr. Robinson's illustrations, j many of • .which : are in colour,. :,were ; ■v. widdy'- praisMrfby tirt. critics-at r .the . ■ ; time; of • their'; first appearMce.'; 'for:' ? \ . • the ipoem;:;itse!f,'Vit includes: thosevsuverses, "The Coastwiso ' Lights" , and the grim but splendid ■■ "Song;Jcfv:<tfoe ~Dea:d}"7in' .which-, occur. ■'< , the much-quoted lines: ■• . ■.■.'■ ,i i .If blood- jx the price of admirality, < Lord Gotl, we ha'paid m full. , i : Here,, too, are the quaintly conceived --1 and gracefully-worded 'verses in' 1 which t . the sons of the Empire pay, tribute to f -~ :.the. glory and:'THe inight of the Mother- t land, and the still more beautiful "Song a ■ of the Cities,''-the last stanza'in wliich> a ,; —"Anckland" .is the title—is not tho f 1 least -graceful of a;delig"htful seriea of t word pictures. , C . Last, loneliest, lov6ließt, .exquisite, apart, & ' On us, on us .the unswerving season '• .-,i smiles,'/-.v-.A.:.''",--i! a iW;hp.'wonderi; 'mid/crar! %n-, why. men S . depart .•. • o ■ To seek-the Happy Isles! ■ ■ v 0 The) volume,- which is a 'noble 1 quarto e in,size, is published by Messrs. Hodder h ,' and Stoughton,' on .behalf of tho'Londoiw t - "Daily .' . Telegraph''' National u Fund,, in support of..which Mr. Kipling o .' recently.^delivered'a : strikingVand;;poyer-' b . . fiilVfipeechj -tho sentences 'of 9 which may Kere. he'.quotMi i''The'7vmy. s ; needs music—ifs own musicr-far! mote 1 than 'any calling. Soldiers do not'.live- . \hy;bread alone. .. . 'We are3a tongue- ft tied breed at the best. . The: bajid- can. S ,' 'declareion.pur. behalf -withput.'shame 'or: tl shyness;, somewhat of what we feel, and li so help. us. to reach a> hand towards, the n men svlio have Tiseu up'to .save-nsi"' b t 'A full report of Mr. Kipling's; siieech n is {inserted ;.in' ' each' copy ';of thfeV; book, cs which, I trust, will have-a la-ige-.6a10' ' in. the. Dominion.. (Review copy per D .. -S. ■ and W.-Mackay.)" : ■ : . : SPIRITUAL SIDE OF THE WAR. C ._ .Some rstrikinig' war . articles.-'are con- 01 tained ,in the ■ July., number 'of the: E "Hibbert Journal" (Williams, and Nor-: .0 gate). The writers deal mainly with tho intellectual, moral, and spiritual ® aspects of tlie great conflict. Princo a l Eugene Troubetzkoy, in 'discussing the ® .spirituaV mtoning of the war,. says'he' , does not 'underestimato'tho importance of its political ; results,'' "but infinitely C 1 .J' ther.'.inward : result—the awakening of the 'soul, which is coming to. pass under,"our ■ eyes." Professor Norman K. Smith,, of Princeton ' University, , U.S.A., • examines some of the of tho pacifist propaganda .- .ill his:article on :."The ,Moral Sanction ( of Force." He. states that "if.it be true that the task' of civilisation is so to co-orduiate'and'direct\the: tribunals tof justice and_ the'instruments of' coercion that ,mi^ht/arid. right will coin-.. cide, any solution that looks to tho elimination of force : iiistead of to the }nst application of it is unpractical, and involves a-false reading both of' past; history, and. present conditions." Colonel Keene gives some impressive: quotations , from leading English thinkers in support of-his "argument in fa- . tout, of universal military training. Mr.. Joseph H. Crooker, of Boston, points out. the injury .which is being , done to (American life by the oxcessive influence • of thei German spirit in American uni- ™ versities. "I/oyal Americans must," he writes,. r 'face the serious question: ■Is it wise and, wholesome' to have tens. of of thousands; of our susceptible Ameriean youths,. ir our collies' and uni- 111 intellefctuaf aristocracy V (of the land, tho future loaders, of JP a

v f ' Give a man a pipe: he can smoke, ' Give'.a'man a'book -he chn read/ '■ • , 'And his home is bright with a calm delight Thoughithe room be poor indeed/ . . . , ' ' ' ' —JAMES Thomboh.-,

American opinion and action—constant- ; ly under the training of men who have ,been thoroughly ' Germanised and to a decided degree de-Americanised ?" Ho thinks American education should throw off . this captivity to Germany—to German specialism, materialism; and mili;tarism.^A -yery.-.interesting insight is given by Eva Madden regarding tho .spread of "modern" ideas among German girls. The,' Ten Commandments are not "modern,'''and relim'on is contcmptiiously regarded merely as "on artificial i>rop. for.' the weak." Canon ■J: ■M. Wilson's artiolo "on "Christ's Sanction _ as. Well as Condemnation of ■■Xf&tV- will well repa.V" careful-perusal. He 'deals with the subject with'.'iuarked ability and freshness. ■ . Professor E. ' A. &nnenscheiil : giyes_ : jeasons in support of an of the golden rule wliidi: "removes .' one . stumbling block from tho path of those- who maintain that a just war is not- im'-Chrisiian. The titles; of ; . the. 'other articles ' are: "A Spiritual Balance-sheet of the War" (Cloude'sley Breroton), "War 'Philosophy, Hindu and Christian"-(S. M. Mitra), "Tho War and the Theory of tho State" (J. A. R. Marriott), "Some Inscriptions" (Bernard Holland), "Race .Segregation in - the United . States". (Philip Alexaader Bruce).. "DOMINION HOMES." , Editor and publisher of "Dominion Homes," which 'is published as a supple-' ■irient to this: month's: issue, of that exoellent- little-'joiu'nal ."Progress" (H. H. Tombs, Ltd.); are alike to be congratulated upon '.their, idea, of. giying the public a general survey of the recent, and happily , very marked, improvement which -has taken place' in domestic architecture in'this: country. Local architects' in, various parts of the Dominion have prepared special plans for houses; of artistic. design and mod- . photograph's ;pf-'.houses '.. already, -' built, are' now reproduced, - in '; each case the estimated-cost: of'building: being stated. Wellington 'at. oiiei time'enjoyed: an unenviable ; notoriety for ; possessing domsetic ' architecture, of-'peculiarly, 'un,tasteful, .often, indeed', positively hideous. design—if, indeed, the word design could be fairly employed in such connection. ' But ' the last . three, or four, years. : the "builder's packing-case" style of house is showing -signs 'of being discarded arid those who are having new horiies built arc wisely employing capable archtiects, who, to some extent at least, have persuaded their clients that an artistically, designed house ned not; necessarily' be:ieither,:_expensive'. or costly. . ■ Such; a publication ■as "Domini'ori Homes'? (the, first, I hopej of l a regular 'series of such brochures) should greatly aid -in tho good work or improving: at: once; public-taste and. the quality :of. our.-New Zealand domestic architecture. ■